THE MILL WHISTLE
Vol. 33
Eden, N. C., December 2, 1974
No. 20
Large Crowds Attend The Craftsfair At Eden
Large crowds of employees,
students and townspeople
viewed the Fieldcrest Craftsfair
Sunday and Monday, November
17 and 18, Some 2,700 persons
attended the event which was
held in the Morehead High
School Library.
Entitled “Fieldcrest Salutes
Creative America,” the Crafts
fair featured a weaver, a potter,
a metalcrafter, a woodcrafts-
man, quilters and even a chef.
There were six booths in which
the craftsmen demonstrated
their arts. There was also a
crafts editor from McCall’s who
demonstrated various types of
needlework.
In addition, there was a booth
showing various articles made
from Fieldcrest products and
displays of Fieldcrest’s new
American Treasures Collection,
created from authentic early
American designs in the
Smithsonian Institution. A banjo
player strolled through the
crowds strumming and singing a
repertoire of American songs.
Fashion shows on both days
featured lovely outfits made
from Fieldcrest’s American
Treasures sheets and bed
spreads. Models for the fashion
show were Ginger Wilson, Kathy
Rodgers, Teresa Hall, and
Sharon Moyer, all students at
Morehead High School, and little
Stej .lanie Hutcherson, four-
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Steve Hutcherson, of Eden.
The craftsmen, all of whom
were recruited from colleges
across the country and from the
Craftsmen of Chelsea Court in
Washington, D.C., were: Nancy
Rosing, metalcrafter; Andrea
Uravitch, weaver; William
Suworoff, potter; Peter Danko,
woodcrafter; Bryce and Donna
Hamilton, quilters; and Chris
Baumer, the chef. The banjo
player was Bob Fuhr.
The Craftsfair director was
Alice Schnapier, a graduate of
the University of Massachusetts
who has worked as director of
advertising and business pro
motion for the Ramada Inn
chain, done publicity for General
Foods, and has travelled for
many companies as a promotion
coordinator.
Accompanying the Craftsfair
to Eden was Sue Hartman,
manager of publicity and sales
training for the Fieldcrest
Marketing Division, New York.
McCall’s needlecraft editor John Teebles demonstrates rug hooking at the Craftsfair.
Fieldcrest employees and the
general public attended the
Still Need To Conserve Energy
Now — more than ever — we
need to conserve energy,
particularly electricity.
The coal miners’ strike, added
to the scarcity and skyrocketing
costs of other forms of energy,
made it imperative that
electricity be conserved not only
by industries whose operations
depend on electricity but by
residential users as well.
With the ending of the strike,
coal will still be in short supply
and will be increasingly ex
pensive.
Most power companies
serving Fieldcrest plants in
various states depend on coal for
a large part of the fuel used to
produce electricity. Therefore,
the availability and cost of coal
are of vital importance to our
operations.
“In order to avoid the
unnecessary use of electric
power, the company has already
taken a number of important
steps and most of the mills have
achieved substantial reductions
in energy use,” said Joe Farrell,
of the Engineering Department
at Eden, who is the energy
conservation coordinator at
Fieldcrest.
Mr. Farrell listed some of the
actions taken:
—Cutting off non-essential
equipment and lighting.
—Making maximum use of
return air in air conditioning to
save re-heating and re-cooling.
—Using the most efficient
fuels available at the time.
—Making maximum use of
outside air for cooling in air con
ditioning systems.
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Craftsfair on Sunday, while on
Monday approximately 1500 stu
dent from Morehead High School
and Holmes Junior High School
attended along with groups from
other area schools and the gen
eral public.
With its Eden appearance, the
Fieldcrest Craftsfair concluded
a seven-week tour of 15 major
department stores across the
country, including such stores as
Woodward and Lothrop in Wash
ington, D.C.; Sanger-Harris in
Dallas, Texas; and Burdine’s in
Miami, Florida.
Christmas Parties Dec. 15
Certificates To Be Presented
For 100% Fair Share Pledges
For outstanding response in
Ihe Eden United Fund cam
paign, each of the following mill
and staff units at Fieldcrest
Mills, Inc., is to receive a
Certificate of Merit from the
Eden United Fund. One hundred
percent of the employees in the
units named gave or pledged a
Fair Share in the campaign.
In the Blanket Operation,
Stock Dyeing, Wool Picking,
Cotton Picking, Cotton Carding,
Inspecting, Greige Mill Plant
Manager’s Office, Blanket
Finishing Shop, Non Woven
Blanket Mill, Flocked Blanket
Mill, Blanket Warehouse
Shipping and Storage and
Blanket Warehouse Film Bag
Department.
Also, Bedspread Mill Fringing
Department, Bedspread
Quilling, Bedspread Finishing
Dye House, Sheeting Mill
Picking Department, Karastan
Pilot Plant, Karastan Washing
Department, Blanket Mill
Accountin, Sheeting Mill Ac
counting, Microfilm Depart
ment, Internal Auditing.
Training Department,
Medical Department, Canteen,
Yard Maintenance, General
Offices janitors, private fleet
drivers. Raw Materials
Purchasing, chauffeurs and
reservation. Blanket Industrial
Engineering, Bedspread
Industrial Engineering, Blanket
Finishing Industrial Engi
neering and Karastan Industrial
Engineering. P’ieldcrest Store,
Domestics (Quality Control,
Product Development and
Design.
Beginning Monday, December
9, tickets to the children’s
Christmas parties at Eden and
Fieldale, Va. will be available
from the supervisors.
Employees should request
tickets promptly and should ask
only for the number that will
actually be used.
The Christmas parties, for the
children and grandchildren of
employees, will be held Sunday
afternoon, December 15. The
Fieldale party will be at 2 p.m. in
the gymnasium at the Fieldale-
Collinsville High School. The
Eden party will follow at 4 p.m.
in the Morehead High School
auditorium.
The entertainment at the
parties will be Abner Harrington
and his trained dogs and magic
act. Mr. Harrington, who is city
clerk at Sanford, has appeared
at Fieldcrest children’s
Christmas parties in the past.
He has presented his dog acts
at children’s parties sponsored
by large companies all oyer
North and South Carolina, Ten
nessee and Virginia.
He has given over 50 programs
at the Veterans Hospital in
Fayetteville — more than any
other act that has appeared
there — and has given shows in
Washington, Norfolk, Atlanta,
Chattanooga and other cities.
In addition to the dog and
magic act, the parties at
Fieldale and Eden will feature
songs by Mamie Dickson and
Harold Squires, and will include
group singing of Christmas
songs by the children.
At the conclusion of each
program Santa Claus will make
his appearance and will greet
the children and present treats
to all of those under 13 years of
age. Supervisors and other
officials will assist Santa in
handing out the treats.
The children and grand
children of Fieldcrest
employees, active and retired,
are invited to the parties. It is
requested that adults
accompany smaller children.
The same kind of ticket will be
used for children and adults.